Reimbursements for Other Services, 2012

Hospital Discharges per 1,000 Medicare Enrollees, 2012

Discharges for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions per 1,000, 2012

Clinicians have identified a group of diagnoses, such as diabetes, pneumonia and congestive heart failure, referred to as "ambulatory care-sensitive conditions." For these conditions, the rate of hospitalization is partly determined by, or sensitive to, the availability and quality of ambulatory care.

Hospital Use during the Last Six Months of Life, 2012

Intensive Care Use during the Last Six Months of Life, 2012

Rates are for all Medicare beneficiaries who died during the year.

Medicare Spending for Chronically Ill Patients during the Last Two Years of Life

Spending was measured for the population of beneficiaries with one of nine chronic conditions who were enrolled in traditional (fee-for-service) Medicare and died during the measurement period. Reimbursements for each sector include both payments to institutions and payments to physicians for services delivered at each site of care.

The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care is based at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical
Practice and is supported by a coalition of funders led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, including
the WellPoint Foundation, the United Health Foundation, the California HealthCare Foundation, and the Charles H. Hood Foundation.